Pendant and bodkin



G. M. WILSON.

' PENDANT AND BODKIN.

APPLICATION FILED IrAY 3, 1919.

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UNITED STATES GRACE M. WILSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

PENDANT AND BOIDKIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

Application filed May 3, 1919. Serial No. 294,467.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GRACE WrLsoN. a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Detroit, in the county of -Wayne and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pendantsand Bodkins, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

In my Patent No. 1,314,723 granted Sept. 2, 1919, there is disclosed anovel bodkm that may be also used as a pendant, and the object of thisinvention is to simplify the construction formerly disclosed and providea pendant to which a flexible member may be easily and quickly connectedto present a neat and attractive appearance as a pondant.

The mechanical construction entering into this invention will behereinafter described and then claimed, and reference will now be had tothe drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pendant-Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, partly broken away and partly insection, showing a flexible member held 1n engagement with the pendant;

Fig. 3 is a plan of the same showing the closure member in a closedposition;

Fig. 4 is a similar view, partly broken away and partly in section,showing the closure member in an open position;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a portion of the pendant, showing aretaining device or look for the closure member;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a portion of a modified form of pendant,partly broken away and partly in section;

Fig. 7 is a plan of the same, and

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a modified form of pendant.

A pendant in accordance with my invention comprises a cylindrical body 1having a long tapering end 2 which permits of the pendant being used asa bodkin to easily pass through an opening of a piece of fabric. Theupper or inner end of the body 1 has a neck portion 3 provided with aspherical head 4: and said head has the top thereof provided with arecess 5. The recess 5 has the narrow portion thereof extending axiallyof the pendant and the side walls of said recess diverge so that oneportion of the recess will be of greater area than the remaining portionof said recess, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This recess is adaptedto receive the knotted end 6 of a flexible mem her 7, the flexiblemember extending out of the axial portion of the recess 5.

Shiftable on the spherical head 4 is a closure member 8 that may bemoved over said head so as to rotate thereon, said member being peenedor reamed under the head to prevent accidental displacement of saidmember, but not interfere with its rotation on said head. The top of theclosure memher 8 is formed with an opening 9 having a shape similar tothe open end of the recess 5, so that the opening 9 may be placed inregistration with said recess to permit of the knotted end 6 of theflexible member 7 being placed in the recess 5. Then by partiallyrotating the closure member 8 the opening 9 is shifted out ofregistration with the recess 5 and cooperates with the head 41 inretaining the knotted end 6 of the flexible member 7 in engagement withsaid head, the small end of the opening 9 cooperating with the axialportion of the recess 5 in providing clearance for the flexible member 7so that said member may support the pendant.

To limit and define the movement of the closure member 8 relative to thehead 1, said closure member has a side wall thereof cut and stamped toprovide a resilient lug or detent 10 having a teat or protuberance 11and said teat is adapted to snap into diametrically opposed seats ornotches 12 in the spherical head 4:, and thus prevent accidentalrotative movement of the closure member on the upper end of the pendant.

In Figs. 6 to 8 inclusive'there is illustrated a modification of myinvention, wherein a pendant head 13 has a sector shaped recess 14adapted to receive the knotted or enlarged end of a flexible member.Diametrically opposed walls of the recess 1 1 are parallel and the arcedges of the recess walls are grooved as at 15 to receive the edges ofthe closure member 16, which may have its edges somewhat dove-tailed sothat the grooved walls may be peened or reamed over the edges of theclosure member 16 to hold the same in sliding engagement with the head13.

One end of the closure member 16 is formed with a semicircular recess oropening 17 adapted to cooperate with the wall of the recess 14 inproviding an opening through which the flexible member may extend, andthe opposite end of the closure member 16 is inbent or formed with aflange 18 extending into the recess 14 to be engaged by a flatcompression spring 19 mounted in the bottom wall of the recess 14, saidspring holding the closure member 16 normally closed relative to thehead 13.

To facilitate opening the closure member 16, the upper or recessed endthereof is provided with a finger piece or teat 20 and since saidclosure member is flush with the periphery of the head 13, it may bereadily shifted by the finger piece 20, yet this finger piece is not ofsufiicient size to engage in a piece of fabric or mar the generalappearance of the pendant.

The device in its entirety may be constructed of various grades ofmetal, finished to present a neat and attractive appearance and this isfurther brought about by having the connection between the flexiblemember and the pendant practically invisible.

While in the drawing there are illustrated the preferred embodiments ofmy invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements aresusceptible to such variations and modifications as fall within thescope of the appended claims.

l/Vhat I claim is l. A pendant comprising a body having a solid headprovided with a recess adapted to receive the end of a flexible member,and a slidable closure member 011 the head of said body adapted to closea portion of the head recess and retain the endof the flexible membertherein, said closure member having an opening corresponding in shape tothe open end of the head recess and adapted to register therewith.

2. A pendant comprising a body having a spherical head provided wlth arecess adapted to receive the end of a flexible member, and a shiftablespherical shaped closure member fitted on the head of said body as acover therefor and adapted to close a portion of the head recess andretain the end of the flexible member therein, and means in connectionwith said head adapted to retain said closure member in a closedposition.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

GRACE M. WILSON.

lVitnesses ANNA M. DoRR, LEWIS E. FLANDERS.

